Strategic Analyst

https://www.aviation-defence-universe.com/india-russia-china-an-uneasy-triangle-of-power/ India, Russia, China: An Uneasy Triangle of Power • RIC Alliance in Flux: Can India Truly Trust China? • India weighs historic ties and rising tensions in a fragile RIC alliance with Russia and China By Jai Kumar Verma New Delhi. 26 August 2025. The RIC alliance—once envisioned as a strategic counterweight to Western dominance—is today at a crossroads, and India finds itself grappling with a pressing question: Can it truly trust China? As strategic fault lines deepen, what was meant to be a trilateral platform for cooperation has increasingly become an uneasy triangle of power. For New Delhi, the partnership is less about shared vision and more about managing contradictions, particularly in its fraught relationship with Beijing. The RIC framework now embodies both opportunity and risk, as headlines like “RIC in Turbulence: India’s Dilemma Over Trusting China” and “RIC at the Crossroads: Strategic ...

https://www.aviation-defence-universe.com/from-friendship-to-strategic-partnership-india-and-philippines-mark-75-years-with-defence-and-economic-boost/ From Friendship to Strategic Partnership: India and Philippines Mark 75 Years with Defence and Economic Boost • Indo–Philippine Ties Enter New Era Amid Rising Indo-Pacific Challenges • Maritime Allies in the Making: India and Philippines Deepen Security and Trade Links • BrahMos and Beyond: India–Philippines Strategic Partnership Gains Momentum By Jai Kumar Verma New Delhi. 12 August 2025. India and the Philippines share a diplomatic relationship that spans 75 years, rooted in shared democratic values, mutual respect for sovereignty, and a common vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific. While their early engagements were modest, largely confined to trade and multilateral cooperation within forums like the Non-Aligned Movement and ASEAN dialogue partnerships, recent years have witnessed a marked strategic convergence. Both nations fac...